The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-04-20
Our Harrisburg letter.


now IN il iiifeenfi asek ef Us session aIfs
mon has be,4, accomplished ii,is us-k lian
aay two pr.ertiir-s is iss5 yst eoH>5i,rahit
time MS vast,7i ill s,,ias, 81 ,i,e sessions 3,
useless discussion TUESDAY vs. neld day
IN the Horse. and it congratulated ii-esf ,,n
doing good ,iay', work
The first VIZ ths Isss-azs of the BilliJ.esIev
Pis< iins .,sll wii-', i.s> etus,. 81 rsae5.
discussion and =, much excitement The
Standard oil Company and the Uniied PIPE
+ Lane. which is one and the same thing. were
+ here III fuIl bsree. and ii aAs Thought q. one
time that the bin might b. defeated but 90
Monday evening q delegation of some sixty
oil producers arrived from Bradford who.
with those already on the ground. went to
work IN earnest and their Influence was soon
felt and by the time the bin was rcactie-i il
was quite certain that II would pass Ex-
speaker Graham desired ttst the bili be- d.
eussed bar the House was iB no mood for
discussion. the question being called and the
vote taken when it WaS found that one hum
drei and thirty two members voted FOR IT,
The result of the bill. If IT becomes law. T.
prcblematicsiI II l. d question ii those who
were here advocating H. passage viii no.
; want IL repealed ia j few years An impor-
1ant factor in the passage q The bin was the
flct. perhaps, that the Knights ~ Labor
while IN session here iss-t week. had -rrou.-
IL endorsed f.
In the afternoon OF the same DAY the
Brooks High Lioense bin wa- reached ou
third reading. and passed finally. after a
strong elior1 on The part Il the hquor men.
and Temperance people TO defeat IT, An RI
iort was made O. go into the Committee Of
the whole for general and -pe,ial amend
meui. but it wa, voieI down ,hel Hucv
MarE5n. vino had been keeping marvel5us.v
quiet. arose and moved thar IL be postponed
indefinitely. II was found that gentleman
had lost MS voice in his effort % dei-at the
biz. and no one seemed Ia think with him.
50 the motion was lost The yeas and nav,
being called. IL was found that l13 members
voted for H. and sixty-three against it Thus
ended one OF the most important Pie7- Of
legislative work thar has bees before the
body for ytar~ For tgu successive leEi>la-
tures it wa fought inch by inch, and urged
just ~ strongly. The pressure brought 20
bear by the Liquor League Wa. simply im-
mense There j. some doubt about ibe bin
being Constitutional on rhe present -s-stem Of
eradation. W lesS au,i prits tran that If
ext. :. Attorney General Brewster. who
wrote letter o. the solicitor of the state
Liquor League 70 that effect. Whether This
De 80 or otherwise. IT was though; best o.
give IL trial The~e two bills passing on
the same day gave an impetus to the work.
and the good work h.f, been going onward
Il Is 10 be h9peI thar they viii both pas the
senate aud become laws. and tHe good CON-
templatei viii axcee,i the wishes ot the most
ss1guine. ANA vet tie1 j. great fears -har
such VIII Not be tile case
T, viii oe remembered that there Wa
strong. almost universal try tar the Inter
>tate Commerce an. aad YET few weeks,
triaf proves IL Ja bealInost iaiiure. Aprofo~
10 this. and legislation ofthi~ kind. the H8r-
ri>burr T,isgrrn ct iast Tuesday evening
-ay> IN an article esii,oriaily under -ae head
of Too Much Business Legislation, th..l
Then ha, been a growing disposition dur
in- the YEAR since the war to control the
minute,t details of business 10y legislation
II Is not healthy -igu. IL i al in4ui~irive-
u,-S that j. entirely too nbtru~ive % be pro-
ductiyeof any but rhe most disastrous re-
suits iI 3, Ia another ioru the maHarehia..
paternaI system Of government exercised ia
our history hy 4 republican legislature It
Is uniustidable. and contrary 20 the spirit of
liberty upon which our system OF evil gov
eminent i. based The Interstate Com
uerce Act wa the ou,erowih Of this teusieu-
cy 10 supervise and direct by law ths opera
tons ef the business world. aud the coufl-
sion that prevails to-day viii uo doubt be
mo-iihei ia time If the law should he found
80 l,c constitutional. bat ii vail always con
tinue Ia 3e an obstruction. and not az ai,i "a
real business. Ii l.. however. altogether like
Is to BE- declared unconstitutional. or if Hot
yei 80 pared down and Ho,i.fe,! ily the courts
ia ;heir Interpretation at tnlt il Viii Ia7-
into condition of iuuocuous d,-uet1de.
The practical diricaltie> growing olt OF the
effort now being made tr adjust the prJyi>-
hons Of the new law 90 the artuM conditions
nf business aiil, however. serve one good ptIr-
pose It xiil direct attention 10 tbe folly IF
such legislation. and the opinion that now
seems tu prevail that there {, q legislative
remedy for every business WRONG. Wlll be
greatly modified by a careful and reasonable
consideration OF both sides Of the ease There
.rr number Of bills in our state legislature
* the present time OF jhi- very same eLarac-
ter They arc the ourgrtwtL ui c.amor
tis4I II thoroughly unreasonable and selfish.
and those who nave the courage tu apfar~e
them are denounced H. currupt the toad, If
1ue> aud the members oi combine
Whereas. those HLo a7e loudest ia doing
this are ia very many INSTANCES prompted
by rhe most selfish of motives. Take ile oil
taeu. for INSTANCE. Every year they are here
clamonug fer uew legislation either Ca re-
strain ~ enlarge tie power, Of some corpora
tlau pT aggregation ui individuals aud lu
the personality of tllo~s W hu come here for
and sgains1 these measures tine associations
change 50 frequently that ij Is aiway, IS niy~-
terry which &, The mouppolist and which
rhe man ground Go powder They ali
seem 10 have money, o. be- making it and
losing i with al q gambler nervousness
is well as his uncertainty. The. arr here
how. both with Trumpet and drum making
a ,lreldfIl clamor. Tine gi-e legislator wiI
,io we'll Vli.e le aeIr, she noise. ta remember
lh4t IT !, $50, likely ,iat .i would Boz made
unless -ome5sdy found it profitable Warn
Ell by JAeconfusiou following upor the aee..
II tine inter >tare Commerce biiI might 30
not be wtl 90 -p -.ov with the uusing~
legislation now beiore thi~ Le-l,.afars
How true and yet the people wans JUST
legislation ofth.s kini Its very doubtful
whether there viii b"ln Auii-,Iiseriuiiuati0u
ac, passed thi~ wear
Tne Senate sent resolution To- %, House
tivin. final adjournment May 9TH This
stirred up the Huu-e ou We,in.,,iay alter-
uoon- ami some my am,r,r5afiun bills
F'8>-ssi -stond reading. Iai- :, unlrecs.eur
esi ia the history ofIe->lation in this State
The resolution wa> referred 20. Ji.,. C4mmitie,
of WAYS and Means. who reyaTte,i that the
HoU>e shoaiL nui enuedr ia the time fixed
May 5th, huf recommended MAY i9,h Ia.
Senate viii likely olneur. and that dale viii
more than likely iind Tive E,wmaker~ tn-1ugh
with their oaerpus duti,-
The House PASSED quite a number of bills
.,4, third r,-,tIis1r an Thursday s,,,.,,r